JERVIS, Joni, Earl of St. Vincent, a British admiral, was b. Jan. 9, 1734. He obtained a commission in the navy as lieut. in 1755, and in 1769 commanded the Alarm frigate in the Mediterranean. When she was paid off lie made a tour of inspection to the naval arsenals of France and northern Europe. He was then appointed to the Foudroyant, the finest two-deck ship in the British navy, and engaging the Pegase, 74, off Brest,the took her without the loss of a man. For this gallant exploit he was made K.C.B. In 1787 he was made rear-admiral; in 1793 he commanded the naval part of the expedition against the West India islands, sir C. Grey commandino. the troops; and so successful was this expedition that although the French were well prepared and fought desperately, every island fell in succession into the hands of the British. In 1795 he received the command of the Mediterranean fleet; and here, for the first time, he made the acquaintance of Nelson, Hood, Collingwood, Hallowell, Troubridge, etc. On Feb. 14,1797, with only 15 sail of the line, he fell in, off cape St. Vincent, with the Spanish fleet of 27 sail. Without a moment's hesitation, Jervis determined to engage
the enemy, and the battle of St Vincent was fought. The genius of Nelson, however, contributed greatly to the success of the day. For this victory the kin°. created Jervis earl St Vincent, and parliament settled upon him a pension of .23,000'a year. After by great firmness, repressed a mutiny off Cadiz. which threatened the loss of the whole fleet, be was compelled by ill health to return home. He was soon applied to by government to subdue the spirit of sedition which bad openly manifested itself in the channel fleet; and his endeavors were eminently successful. After having held the appointment of first lord of the admiralty, and for a second time commanded the channel fleet, he retired into private life, and died Mar. 13,1823. A public monument was erected to his memory in St Paul's cathedral. History has enrolled the name of St Vincent in the first rank of the eminent naval commanders who broke the maritime power of France and Spain, and established the naval supremacy of Great Britain.